MacKlintok Island or McClintock Island (russian: Остров Мак-Клинтока; Ostrov Mak-Klintoka) is an island in

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, Russia. This island is roughly square-shaped and its maximum length is . Its area is and it is largely glaciated. Its highest point is . The island's northernmost point is called Cape Greely (мыс Грили). The northerwestern point is Cape Karpinsky (мыс Карпинского), the southwestern point is Cape Dillon (мыс Диллона). From north to south, Cape Bergen (мыс Берген), Cape Brünn (мыс Брюнн), and Cape Oppolzer (мыс Оппольцера) are located on the eastern shore.

Adjacent islands

*McClintock Island is located very close to the west of Hall Island, separated from it by a narrow sound, Proliv Negri. *Ostrov Aldzher (Остров Алджер), Alger Island, lies off McClintock Island's northern shore, separated from it by a narrow sound. Alger Island was the wintering site of the failed American Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition of 1901-1902. *Ostrov Bryeydi (Остров Брейди), Brady Island is a relatively large, mostly glaciated island. It is located off McClintock Island's northwestern tip, separated from it by the wide Aberdare Sound (Proliv Abyerder). The highest point on Brady Island is . This island was named after English chemist, pharmacist and geologist George Brady. Mys Vize, Brady Island's northernmost cape, is named after Russian Arctic expert

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. *Right by McClintock Island's southern shore, there is a group of islets called Ostrova Borisika. *Another small group of islands, Ostrova Lyuriki, lie slightly further to the west. * off the southern coast lies Ostrov Ogord (Остров Огорд), Aagaard Island. This island was named by

Walter Wellman Walter E. Wellman (November 3, 1858 – January 31, 1934) was an American journalist, explorer, and aëronaut. Biographical background Walter Wellman was born in Mentor, Ohio, in 1858. He was the sixth son of Alonzo Wellman and the fourth by ...

in honor of Andreas Zacharias Aagaard (1847–1925), a

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merchant who acted as agent in

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for Wellman's expeditions. Aaagaard had also been consul for

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at the time of the

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History

The island was discovered by the

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in March 1874. They named it after

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explorer of the Arctic

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. During his third sledge trip, co-expedition leader

Julius Payer Julius Johannes Ludovicus Ritter von Payer (2 September 1841, – 29 August 1915), ennobled Ritter von Payer in 1876, was an officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army, mountaineer, arctic explorer, cartographer, painter, and professor at the Ther ...

climbed Cape Brünn from which he attempted to survey the southern coast of

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and estimated the westward extent of Franz Josef Land to reach 50° E at least. The Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition were the next to set foot on the island on 1 September 1901, at Cape Dillon. This was also the spot where the first members of the stranded

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were found by

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aboard the ''Terra Nova'' on 30 July 1905.

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Adjacent islands

History

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